CONTINENTAL.

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CONTINENTAL.

France. Napoleon's satisfaction with the result of the plebiscitum was diminished by the majorities who have voted against it in the large to and from the fact that 60)000 soldiers voted "No." Italy. The King has returned to Florence in restored health. The (Ecumenical Council progresses slowly. One hundred fathers subscribed their names to an agreement to oppose the dogmatic definition of Papal infallibility. The discussion commenced on the 14th. Greece. The murder of four English gentlemen, captured by brigands, has produced a profound sensation thi'oughout Europe. The passionate indignation at first excited in subsiding, but a stern determination remains to compel reforms in the Government of Greece, and a total uprooting of brigandage. The "Times" suggests the appointment of an English administration at Athens. Official correspondence on the subject, and the journals of the victims as i well as their letters have been pub- | lished, to show that the ransom dei manded was provided, but the brigands insisted upon an unconditional amnesty which the Government had constitutional scruples about granting. The brigands finding themselves surrounded ' by troops, divided into two bands, each with two captives, and tried to escape, but, being hotly pursued, they stabbed or shot their prisoners. Several brigands were slain. The bodies of Messrs, Herbert and Voyner arrived in England, and have been interred. The Greek Government made pecuniary provision for Mrs. Lloyd, the widow of one of the murdered men. It is believed that the release of the captives was opposed by some political partisans at Athen?, and a searching investigation will be enforced..